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JAMES HOWARD, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,708, dated May 9,1882.

Application filed December 19, 1881. (No model.) A

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES HOWARD, a subjectof the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Toronto, in the county ofYork, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railway Stock-Oars, of which the followingisaspecifieatiou.

My invention relates to railway stock-cars, the object being to providecertain improvementswhereby the feeding and watering'of stock arefacilitated during transportation.

To this end my invention consists in the combination, with thefeed'bins, troughs, and connecting spouts, of tubes arranged to hang inthe upper ends of said spouts, and adapted to be loweredbelow the levelof the contents of said bins for the purpose of permitting the passageof feed in definite quantities to the troughs. t

Theinventiou also consists in the combination, with a stock-car, ofvertically-slidin g doors provided with troughs; also, in thecombination, with such cars, of vertically-sliding andflexiblepartitions adapted to divide the car into compartments; and, further, incertain novel features of construction, as hereinafter more fully setforth.

Inthe accompanying drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure1 is aside elevation of a'double-decked stock-car embodying myimprovements. Fig.2 is a similar view of a sin gle-decked car. Fig. 3 isa perspective View of my improved sliding door with trough combined.Fig. 4 is a transverse section of a single-deckedcar, showing thebody-rest, bins, troughs, and .connectiou's,'the sections on oppositesides 'of the car being in different vertical planes. Fig.5 is atransverse sectionaldetail of a double-decked car. Fig. 6 is a partiallongitudinal section of a double-decked car, showing feed spouts andconnections. Fig. .7 is a sectional detail of one of the flexiblepartitions. Fig. 8 is auend view of a car. Fig. 9

is a longitudinal sectionof myimproved bodyand spring catch. Fig. 12, isan end elevation of sliding frame-carrying rail.

Like letters indicatelike parts in the sa era'l views.

The car may be constructed with a single floor, as shown in'Fig.2, orwith a. lower deck, .A, and upper deck, A, as shown in Fig.1,and

the upper deck may be arranged in such a manner as to be removable forthe purpose of adapting the car for the transportation of either largeor small animals.

Above the roof B, and extending the length of the car on each side, arethe feed-bins O O,

which are subdivided by partitions into separate spaces to contain thefood for the respect ive animals, said spaces being arranged tocommunicate with the troughs D Dbyspouts E E, that are arranged atsuitable intervals.

while the short spouts E extend only to the upper troughs.

The outer walls of the feed-bins, spouts, and. troughs maybe flush withthesides of thecar,

or may project beyond the car-body, as shown in Figs. 4 and 8. By thislatter construction additional space is gained without increasing theweight ofthe car.

, The openings by which the spouts E E communicate with the bins G aregoverned by tubes 41, which are suspended by cords or hands I), so as tobe raised or lowered at will. It is obvious that, if the upper ends ofthe tubes a a are above the level of the-grain or other feed containedin the bins, none can escape through the spouts; but if the tubes arelowered, so thattheir upper ends will be below the level of the contentsof the bins, a free p'assage to the troughs will be afforded.

v The cords by which the tubes are suspended may be wound upon the shalt0, so as to allow the tubes to descend by gravity when the shaft ispermitted to rotate; but, instead otlwinding the cords on the shaft, itis preferable to simply pass them ovcr the same and attach. theiropposite ends to the upper and lower ends of the tubes, asshown in Fig.4, thus allowing. the tubes to be raised and lowered with apositivemotion.

The shafts 0, over which the cords or bandspass, are arranged on eachside of ihe'car in the upper and inner corners of the bins, and projectbeyond the car at one or both ends. Each shaft is provided with "awheel, G, by which it is rotated so as to simultaneously lower and raiseall the tubes on either side of the car. This wheel is arranged at theend and outside of the car, so as to be readily operated from the roofby the'brakenian'or at tendant. The wheel is provided with spokes orpins g, by which it is turned, and these/pins; are placed at suchpredetermined distances apart as will enable the attendant, by a pan,tial rotation of the" wheel, to graduate thequaii-j which they aresecured when raised. A receptacle; H, for water or coarse food-such asliayis arranged beneath the carat its center.

In order to preventthe cattle from falling over with fatigue or joltingof the ear, and bein g so exposed to danger of trampling or otherinjury,'adjustablefrests K K K are arranged inthe car. The'center partof the rest is sup- ;liingedjlevers 7c k, which are adapted. to foldunder rest when the samcis lowered to the floor of the car. Thebody-rest K is raised and lowered by means of a rod, h, whicheiigagestity of feed to be discharged into the troughs with a Ie er m, arrangedbeneath the car, so

It is obvious that, the areaof the bins amp the number and diameter ofthe tubes a being iwwn'ie' nell fl e ra or na n it e shattc necessary tolower said tubes certain 5 distanee'gtlie pins ontiiewheelG may befrea'd- 1 15" iflacedso that by ov o d pais fiX re ns a definite" arto'f"the' conte the binsima/y b a gd t Pleaslliel On the outer side ofeach 'bin Iisa i loop or catchfd, which is adapted'to' engage with thepins gin turn" and tli us'vhold the tubes f at anydesired' point.'Byti'l'rning the wheel;

past the "spring-loop-d the" tubes at on either side of theear willjbesimultaneously lower'e "any 'deiinit'e distance, asbelore described.'wheriitlie car-is noten'tirely occupied, and it is desired-to "supply"on'lya par thet be ve t e 1 min s dewa s? mtinents niay be hookedfup,to-remain V i n operative.

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bins at tlie 'top o'f tli'eear. "The troiiglisztre di vided into comiartments byineansot' partitions d, Fig. 4. which are perforated at orne'ar 1 the bottom at 'dfforthe passage; ofwater with- I out liability'of' swashing from end "to end of the troughs or their compartments;Acc'ess' to'the car is proyided by openings on al y-sl r 'm on hasrr vma or each floor or deck on both" sidesojf the car.

This vertically-slidih g door, as illustrated in Fig. 3, is 'de'siguedtoact not only as door, i

but also as a trough for that portion of abou in whi h t i i 'd; th t nue; t it' i clinedcover D b'eing constructed injand fo jinline is "thusseeurejd from "en d to end of the car th t i e ii swi fl h s pp n a i -7shipping of the'stoek. The doors "DPa're yer-'- tically grooved *orrecessed ohaeh fi'de at 1 dti a d' r' d ee' lspo tl g it t a e ton g iesor rails 01 d, 'wniqnar placed in "the doorways for'the doors to slideup'and down upon. ho doors are provided with gravity-- latches d orfoithei suitable"fasteningsy'by that the rest can be operated from eitherside. One or more of these rests maybe arranged longitudinally,covering" the center and "sides 's uchwidthitliat it will p s p ween thefore an d hindlegsof the animals and furnish a suitable siipportiortheir bodies. The parts against I gdor otherwise secured; Before thestockis driven in to the earthe'rest is lyiiigoh the iloor,"and aftertheaiiimals'h ave part oFtlierest isriiised by neans of the'lever 80 ai'df "fin h, e l ii qj t0 e" animabflu o v a in ju i'eee fi a u a d Prentin ie cattle from fa llin'g orlyin'g down. The's'ides 'purposeot'preyeiitinfgtoofniueh'transve e osimi We M111 ;L dI fiS i y bene reaw'nn caiii'asorpadde'dl"* Theeiiriseapable of being divided into anysuitable number of stalls or eompartineiits'by inea s"*of cross-rails L.(Shown in Figs; 7 and and" horizo'iially-ii'n the frames Q, suchilieilig"'s l'ppoifted upori'and slidinghorizo ally ud 1 1 X5 Tffl l(51-1 L l t i 5f th f /i 1 'tlieflan'g'ed platew', secured to ing on therails It, wherby'largerforsmaller spaces n'aybe'left betw'eenthe frames-ziid the f franiewill in practice be "recessed in order toreceiye'thebody-rest and 'inain'ta'in' it" in position: 'Theseifailsmaybe raised'oi' lowered to .7 P f 1. 3 l it c ntra al a etiwro uni -b a d, M or t b u'e ienee of the train attend'an ts, and 'at each"end reruns-mama a br'aeketj O, is secured to the anafdjustabldbridge,Pfivhich is held ii'ipla ee n'eeti'o' so as to obviatejar should the bridges as cat we e in e ie b' eicon c w en By-means oftliisbridg'e the brakefrom tied theeo'n struotion of only those partsof'tlie car. which are embraced inmy' mp ovements.

K K are then *tlirow'n' into position for "the a e f w e -rail ar "bnnedtinisl na'. fra lnes1Q,f' are arranged to slide \ert ly rarnes, restTsetsof rails." The lower railsiu each sliding;

"lby "iiiez nsof 'a' spirin g, p, or other yielding eon' "Iirtlie'ibrgoing specification I have speci Thes'e'iniprovenien ts,'it will beseen ai of such ported in a horizontal position by means of t eir ttend;an instal Sa e y nature that they may bereadily applied to any ordinarystock-cars now in use, the construction of which in other respects maybe of any suitable or approved kind.

With the aid of my improvements stock may be transported with safety andin such a manner that theanimals can be fed and watered while the trainis in motion with the expenditure of but little time and without dangerto the attendants.

It should be observed that by the employ ment of the sectional food-bina series of-separate receptacles are provided which extend along the topof the car, so that the food for each animal is retained separate fromthat for the otheranimals; and, further, by providing a tube for eachfood-receptacle the animals can all be served alike with an even oruniform quantity of food. The arrangement also provides for thepromiscuous loading of the cars, as it is immaterial how the animals arearranged, as each will have its own supplyot' food taken from afood-receptacle separated from those containing the food for theremaining animals. a

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a stock-car, a vertically-slidingdoor provided with a trough or receptacle for food and water, andadapted to be. secured at any desired elevation, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a stock-car, the combination of the swinging body-rest, the leverspivotally connected at one end to the same and atthe other end to thecar-floor, a rod attached to the bod yrest and projecting downwardtherefrom, and a lever located beneath the car and connected with saidrod for swinging the body-rest, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

3. Ina stock-car, thecombination, with feedbins arranged at the top ofthe car. and spouts leading therefrom to troughs at the sides of thecar, of tubes arranged in the upper ends of said spouts and adapted tobe raised above or lowered below the contents of the bins for thepurpose of regulating the passage of feed by gravitation to the troughs,substantially as described.

4. In a stock-car, thecombination, with a feed-bin and itsdischarge-spouts, of a shaft arranged in said bin and having on itsprojecting end a registering-wheel, tubes arranged to hang in the upperends of the dischargespouts, and cords or bands connecting saidtubeswith the shaft, whereby the rotation of said shaft will cause the tubesto be lowered below the level of the contents of the bin, and therebypermit the passage of feed by gravitation through-the discharge-spouts,substantially as described.

5. I11 a stock-car, the combination, with a bin having suitabledischarge-spouts, a shaft providedwith registering-Wheel, havingprojecting pins and tubes arranged to hang in the upper ends of thespouts and connected with the shaft by cords or'bands, of a spring-catchadapted to engage with the pins on the registering-wheel, and therebyprevent the rotation of its attached shaft, substantially as described.

6. In a stock-car, the combination of feedbins arranged above the roof,troughs arranged at the sides of the car and having tops provided withhinged covers, spouts connecting said bins and troughs,vertically-sliding doors provided with troughs, flexible partitionsadapted to divide the car into compartments, and an adjustable body-restadapted to be raised and lowered,substantially as shown and described.

7. In a stock-car, sliding cross-rails supported in sliding framescarried on the sides of the car, said cross-rails constitutingpartitions, and also serving to maintain the body-rest in position, asdescribed. a

8. In a stock-car, a series of separate foodreceptacles arranged alongthe top of the car, on each side thereof, tocontain the food for eachanimal separate from tlrat for the others, in combination with a seriesof tubes, a, one for each food-receptacle, and means for operating thesame, substantially as and for the purposes described.

Toronto, Canada, December. 8, 1881 JAS. HOWARD.

In presence of- HUGH O. BAINES, H. PINGLE.

